Simon Hackett is a British academic and former social worker, who specialises in child protection and child maltreatment. He had been Principal of St Mary's College, Durham between September 2011 and 2018.^[1][2] From 2008 to 2011, he was Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University.^[1] Before returning to Durham as a professor, he was a Tutor at the University of Manchester, a lecturer at Durham University, and Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Bedfordshire.^[1] He had also worked as a Child Protection Officer and in youth justice.^[1]

• Calder, Martin C.; Hackett, Simon, eds. (2013). Assessment in child care: using and developing frameworks for practice (2nd ed.). Lyme Regis: Russell House. ISBN 978-1905541850.
• Hackett, Simon (2014). Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviours. Dartington: Research In Practice. ISBN 978-1904984498.